Wolfsburg, Germany – Wolfsburg substitute Jonas Wind scored twice, including a stoppage-time winner, as visitors Mainz took the lead three times but lost 4-3 in a Bundesliga blockbuster on Sunday. Freiburg later had the chance to leapfrog the fifth-placed Wolves but drew 1-1 at lowly Hoffeheim. Tom Bischof boosted the hosts after Matthias Ginter had…
Berlin, Germany – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called on the conflicting parties in Syria to protect religious and ethnic minorities following the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. “The country must not now fall into the hands of other radicals – no matter in what guise,” the Green politician said on Sunday. This…
Berlin, Germany – Most Germans view the conservative leader Friedrich Merz as the front-runner ahead of the country’s federal elections expected next year, a survey conducted by YouGov for dpa and published on Wednesday showed. Of nearly 2,200 respondents, 44% see Merz, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
Berlin, Germany – Germany pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which shot to global prominence after its early coronavirus vaccine, has boosted its cancer drug development by agreeing to buy Chinese firm Biotheus. The Mainz-based group said in a statement on Wednesday it will pay up to $950 million, including an upfront payment of $800 million. The takeover…
Leipzig, Germany – German pop singer Melanie Müller, who rejected her conviction for giving the outlawed Hitler salute several times during a concert in 2022, will be back in court on appeal, a court spokesman confirmed to dpa on Tuesday. Müller, 36, who was also a reality TV star, was found guilty by the Leipzig…
